:C. C. Beall

Beall was born on October 15, 1892, in Saratoga, Wyoming, with the given names Cecil Calvert.{{cite web|title=7th War Loan : now--all together|url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc578/|website=UNT Digital Library|access-date=August 22, 2015}} His parents were Charles W. Beall and Eugenia N. Beall.{{cite web|title=Pulp Artists - C. Cecil Beall |url= https://www.pulpartists.com/Calvert.html |website=Pulp Publishing|access-date=July 3, 2020}} He had a brother who was a year older, Roger.{{sfn|Reed|2001|p=208}}

Beall received tutoring from the Canadian–American painter George Brant Bridgman at the Art Students League in New York City.{{sfn|Reed|2001|p=208}} While there he displayed his artwork and drawings at exhibits of the Society of Illustrators.{{cite news |author= |title=Notable Exhibit by Illustrators |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/135538456/?terms=%22C.%2BC.%2BBeall%22%2Billustrator |newspaper= Democrat and Chronicle (p. 17)|location=Rochester, New York |date= January 7, 1922 |via= Newspapers.com {{open access}} }} Beall also attended Pratt Institute to learn the art of watercolor painting and poster drawing.{{sfn|Reed|2001|p=208}}

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Beall did work for many of the leading periodicals of the twentieth century. His watercolor style was in a type of bold contrasting reflections, which was popular at the time. Some Meredith magazines that he produced paintings and colored drawings for included Collier's, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, Woman's Home Companion, Saturday Evening Post, American Family Circle, and This Week.{{sfn|Falk|1985|p=41}} He also painted covers for Elks Magazine{{cite news |author= |title=Elks Magazine Began 30 years ago in June |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/47293086/?terms=%22C.%2BC.%2BBeall%22%2Billustrator |newspaper= Oneonta Star (p. 47) |location=Oneonta, New York |date=May 28, 1952 |via=Newspapers.com {{open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=To mark the 100thanniversary of Lincoln;s assassination |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/45942402/?terms=%22C.%2BC.%2BBeall%22%2Bdrawing |newspaper=Gettysburg Times|page=13) |location=Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |date=April 22, 1965 |via=Newspapers.com {{open access}} }} and Reader's Digest books.{{sfn|Falk|1985|p=41}}

Beall's 1936 painting of President Roosevelt for Collier's cover page led to the position as art director for the Democratic National Committee.{{cite web |url= http://www.fortmissoulamuseum.org/WWII/detail.php?id=90 |title= The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula |author= |date= 2012 |publisher=Fort Missoula Museum |access-date= February 2, 2016 }} Beall was temporarily an employee of the U. S. War Department.{{sfn|Chenoweth|2003|p=359}} At the same time, he was also a correspondent-artist for several magazines, including Collier's, and painted portraits of decorated war heroes. Beall was an eyewitness to the 1945 official Japanese surrender on the USS Missouri.{{sfn|Reed|2001|p=208}} He painted General MacArthur at the event; his work later became the official portrait.{{sfn|Duke|2012|p=21}}{{sfn|Chenoweth|2003|p=181}}

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Beall's 1945 Treasury poster painting of Joe Rosenthal's photograph of the raising of the replacement American flag on Iwo Jima was used for the war campaign in the Seventh Loan drive.{{cite news |author= |title=Suribachi Flag Raising to be Official Symbol of Seventh War Loan |url= https://www.newspapers.com/image/3952689/?terms=%22C.%2BC.%2BBeall%22%2Bdrawing|newspaper=Freeport Journal-Standard (p. 3) |location=Freeport, Illinois |date=March 26, 1945 |via= Newspapers.com {{open access}} }}{{cite news |last=Lyons |first=Leonard |date=November 17, 1945 |title=The Lyon's Den |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/15456994/?terms=%22C.%2BC.%2BBeall%22%2B%2Billustrator |newspaper=Amarillo Daily News |location=Amarillo, Texas |via= Newspapers.com {{open access}} }} He said he did not change any of the lines in the original photograph, but merely colorized it.{{cite news |author= |title=Flag Raising Picture to Spur 7th Drive |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/10741366/?terms=%22C.%2BC.%2BBeall%22%2Bdrawing |newspaper=The Emporia Gazette (p. 4) |location=Emporia, Kansas |date=March 26, 1945|via= Newspapers.com {{open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Rosethal photo is official symbol |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/42081572/?terms=%22C.%2BC.%2BBeall%22%2Bdrawing |newspaper=The Nebraska State Journal (p. 8) |location=Lincoln, Nebraska |date=March 25, 1945 |via= Newspapers.com {{open access}} }} It was put on track to be the most displayed picture in history.{{cite news |author= |title=Suribachi Pictureto be Loan Symbol |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/55143930/?terms=%22C.%2BC.%2BBeall%22%2Bdrawing |newspaper=The Bismarck Tribune (p. 3) |location=Bismarck, North Dakota |date= March 26, 1945 |via= Newspapers.com {{open access}} }} The loan promotion brought in more than $26 billion in six weeks' time to help end World War II. The original American flag put up on Mount Suribachi was taken down as a memento. The total fund raised for all eight War Bond drives was $156 billion.{{cite web |url=http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/adaccess/guide/wwii/bonds-loans |title=Brief History of World War Two Advertising Campaigns War Loans and Bonds |publisher=Duke University Libraries |access-date=February 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911083904/http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/adaccess/guide/wwii/bonds-loans/ |archive-date=September 11, 2014 |url-status=dead }}{{sfn|Aulich|2007|p=11}}

Beall's original drawing of U.S. President Roosevelt that was used for the World War II $200 E Bond was given to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. The poster from this art work was labeled "In The Strength Of Great Hope We Must Shoulder Our Common Load." The formal presentation in October 1945 from Beall was in Washington, D.C., with the director of the Office of War Finance, Ted R. Gamiie.{{cite news |author= |title=Mrs. Roosevelt receives drawing |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/15006819/?terms=%22C.%2BC.%2BBeall%22%2Bdrawing |newspaper=Beatrice Daily Sun (p. 1) |location=Beatrice, Nebraska |date=October 26, 1945 |via= Newspapers.com {{open access}} }}

Beall married Mildred Muriel Hall in 1920. They had three children: Charles (born 1922), Barbara (born 1924), and John (born 1928).{{cite web |url=http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/cecil-calvert-beall_144814119 |title= Cecil Calvert Beall|author= |date=2016 |website= Family Trees|publisher=Ancestry.com |access-date= February 2, 2016}}

He died at the home of his daughter 4 May 1970 in Valrico, Hillsborough, Florida.{{cite web | url=https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1415171:7338 | title=Join Ancestry® | website=Ancestry.com }}

Florida, U.S., Death Index, 1877-1998

Name Cecil C Beall

Age at Death 77

Birth Date 15 Oct 1892

Death Date 4 May 1970

Death Place Hillsborough [County], Florida, United States

• American Water Color Society
• Hudson Valley Art Association
• Society of Illustrators
• Salmagundi Club

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• {{cite book|last1=Aulich|first1=James|title=War Posters: Weapons of Mass Communication|url=https://archive.org/details/warpostersweapon0000auli|url-access=registration|date=2007|publisher=Thames & Hudson|location=New York|isbn=978-0-500-251416}}
• {{cite book|last1=Chenoweth|first1=H. Avery|title=Art of war|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nCNKAQAAIAAJ&q=Art+of+War:+Eyewitness+U.S.+Combat+Art+from+the+Revolution+Through+the+20th+Century.|date=2003|publisher=Barnes & Noble Publisher|location=New York|isbn=0760748284}}
• {{cite book |last=Duke |first= Sara |date= 2012 |title= Cartoonists & Illustrators in Swann Collection |url= https://archive.org/details/DukeBioSketchesOfCartoonistsInSwannCollAtLOC |publisher= DC Comics }}
• {{cite book|last=Falk|first=Peter H. |title= Who was who in American art|url=https://archive.org/details/whowaswhoinameri00pete|url-access=registration|year=1985|publisher=Sound View Press|isbn=978-0-932087-00-3}}
• {{cite book|last=Reed|first=Walt|title=Illustrator in America, 1860–2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v4FQAAAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Illustrators Society|isbn=978-0-942604-80-1}}

• [https://americangallery.wordpress.com/category/beall-cecil-calvert/ More paintings by Beall]
• [http://www.bedfordfineartgallery.com/Portrait-Of-Lincoln.html Artwork by C. C. Beall]

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